Store image in oracle using pl-sql

Question

Hi All
Like to check the process of inserting or storing picture/image into oracle tables using pl-sql. Is thereany package or commands to do this.

Answer 1

SQL> create directory img as 'd:\img';
Directory created.
SQL> create table test_lob
  2  (id number(4),name varchar2(100),im blob);
Table created.
SQL> DECLARE
  2   V_BFILE BFILE;
  3   V_BLOB BLOB;
  4  BEGIN
  5   INSERT INTO TEST_LOB
  6   VALUES(1,'LILLY',EMPTY_BLOB())
  7   returning IM into V_blob;
  8   V_BFILE := BFILENAME('IMG','lily.gif');
  9   DBMS_LOB.FILEOPEN(V_BFILE);
10   DBMS_LOB.LOADFROMFILE(V_BLOB,V_BFILE,DBMS_LOB.GETLENGTH(V_BFILE));
11   DBMS_LOB.FILECLOSE(V_BFILE);
12  END;
13  /
PL/SQL procedure successfully completed.
SQL> select id,name
  2  from test_lob;
        ID     NAME    
         1      LILLY